Yes , that advice was usefull, everything went smoothly, now I have a flash drive to boot W10
Jari, Finland
Windows 10 Media Creation Tool Error: 0x80042405 - 0xA001A
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Anonymous
Greetings,
Recently, I have seen many people inquiring about this error regarding the Media Creation Tool. I myself got this error when I try to create a bootable USB drive (aka Create an Installable Media).
Here's what I tried:
Reformatting USB drive to FAT32
Deleting files
Tried to locate and run Setupprep.exe (I couldn't find this file in C:\$Windows.~BT\Sources or anywhere)
Change Startup Type of Update-Related Services (Startup Type: Manual -> Automatic)
Uninstalled and Reinstall Windows 10 Media Creation Tool
Made sure my USB is above 8Gb as instructed by the tool (it is 15Gb)
The Fix (for me at least):
1. Downloadthe Windows 10 Media Creation Tool directlyinto the USB drive that you want to use as a bootable device (meaning you download the Tool into the same USB you chose to use as an Installation Media). If you already downloaded the tool on your PC's Desktop, copy it into your USB.
2. Run the Tool directly from your USB, meaning you open File Explorer, locate the MediaCreationTool.exe in your USB and double-click to run it.
The installer should then create an Installation Media/Bootable USB.
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
Tom
Windows for home | Windows 10 | Install and upgrade
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Anonymous
2018-09-29T22:30:16+00:00 Oh my, what the .... WHY DOES THIS WORK....
I really hate this typical Microsoft behaviour sometimes, cryptic error message (still don't know what it means) and seemingly arbitary solution...
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Anonymous
2018-09-25T23:14:18+00:00 Thanks to calflags post back in December of last year!! Reformatting my USB to NTSF did the trick!!
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Anonymous
2018-09-23T12:57:12+00:00 I formatted the usb drive NTSF instead of FAT32 and created perfectly.
thx for your info
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Anonymous
2018-09-21T13:15:02+00:00 Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
I was ready to throw my pc out the window.
This worked like a charm.
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!